2021 Watford Borough Council election

The 2021 Watford Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Watford Borough Council in England.^[1] This was the same day as other local elections.

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2021 Watford Borough Council election^[2]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	8		66.7	18	26	72.2	12,103	44.0	-11.2
	Labour	4		33.3	6	10	27.8	7,868	28.6	-0.4
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	7,312	26.6	+12.1
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	140	0.5	N/A
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	54	0.2	New
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	42	0.2	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Watling	934	42.2	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Inniss	924	41.8	−11.6
	Conservative	Mary Sackett	355	16.0	+6.9
Majority			10	0.4	—
Turnout			2,213	38.2	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	8.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Devonish	915	44.5	−9.5
	Labour	Sophia Demetriou-Jones	680	33.1	−3.9
	Conservative	Cole Parker	319	15.5	+6.5
	Independent	Dennis Wharton	140	6.8	N/A
Majority			235	11.4	−5.6
Turnout			2,054	30.9	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Bell	1,272	62.5	+3.1
	Conservative	Ian Fox	436	21.4	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simonie Jeffree	274	13.5	−15.4
	TUSC	Mark O'Connor	54	2.7	N/A
Majority			836	41.1	+10.6
Turnout			2,036	30.8	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	3.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Smith	819	37.4	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Shafiq Ahmed	765	34.9	+3.7
	Conservative	Anthony Parker	565	25.8	+0.6
	TUSC	Derek Foster	40	1.8	N/A
Majority			54	2.5	−9.9
Turnout			2,189	37.9	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	4.9

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hannon	690	43.0	−16.6
	Conservative	Prashanth Elangovan	519	32.4	+18.8
	Labour	Felix Tyszkiewicz	395	24.6	+0.7
Majority			171	10.6	—
Turnout			1,604	28.0	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	18.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Watkin	1,275	53.9	−10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Osborn	1,179	49.9	−14.6
	Conservative	Binita Mehta-Parmar	786	33.2	+11.1
	Conservative	Ravi Kura	655	27.7	+5.6
	Labour	Sarah Flynn	471	19.9	+6.5
	Labour	Edward Tunnah	364	15.4	+2.0
Turnout			—	41.0	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Clarke-Taylor	1,316	60.1	−8.4
	Conservative	Joseph Gornicki	494	22.5	+8.0
	Labour	Sue Sleeman	339	15.5	−1.5
	Reform UK	Neal Webber	42	1.9	N/A
Majority			822	37.6	−13.9
Turnout			2,191	40.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jeffree	1,472	52.8	−9.6
	Conservative	Linda Topping	902	32.4	+12.2
	Labour	Nabila Ahmed	412	14.8	+2.1
Majority			570	20.4	−22.0
Turnout			2,786	43.4	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	10.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Feldman	956	49.3	−33.9
	Conservative	Peter Williams	673	34.7	N/A
	Labour	Nina Mileva	312	16.1	−0.7
Majority			283	14.6	−51.8
Turnout			1,941	34.1	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	34.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Walford	938	48.6	−12.4
	Conservative	Carly Bishop	576	29.8	+11.8
	Labour	Seamus Williams	418	21.6	+0.7
Majority			362	18.8	−21.3
Turnout			1,932	37.0	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	12.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sara Trebar	1,061	48.1	−9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Thurlow	592	26.9	−3.2
	Conservative	Abbas Merali	551	25.0	+12.7
Majority			469	21.2	−6.3
Turnout			2,204	37.7	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	3.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Saffery	807	48.1	−9.2
	Conservative	Amarish Patel	481	28.6	+15.6
	Labour	Malcolm Bush	391	23.3	+5.0
Majority			326	19.5	−19.5
Turnout			1,679	29.2	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	12.4

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See also: Wards Boundary changes Middlesex County Council elections